Proposition 8 (California, 2010)

When Donald Jones Anspauch Jr. first started fighting for gay rights in the 1980s, there was an urgent, unifying cause for activists: AIDS. His friends were dying. Devastated, Anspauch penned a coming-out letter to his parents saying, "Gay is OK," and began marching, picketing and protesting for his and others' survival. The fight eventually shifted to legalizing same-sex marriage, and Anspauch joined the cause. After the Supreme Court cleared the way for nationwide same-sex marriage last month, Anspauch, 59, said he was ready for the next march. "There are still people who face injustice," he said. "Of course I'll keep fighting." But where the...

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